Improvement in dining-tables



RUSSEL c. CASE; or eUiLnEnLAN-n, NEW YORK.'

Letters Patent No. 108,878, dated November l1, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN DINING-TABLES.

The Schedule referred to in these lll'e'cters Patent: and making part of the same.

Toalla/whom it may concern v v l ,r

Be it known that I, RUSSEL C.' CASE, of the town of Gruilde'rland, county of Albany and State of New York, have invented certain new and-useful Improvements in Dining-Tables; and I hereby declare that the following is a full and exactdes'criptiou of the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawing and .to the letters of reference marked thereon, the same letters always' referring to the samevpart of said im,- provement. v

The improvementconsists in auadjustable circular center piece, which may be elevated above the surrounding side's or margin of the table, and in this position be made to revolve upon its centelgforthe purpose of bringing in front ot' those seated at'the table,.- and within their reach, any article placedtlilereon,

thus dispensing with the necessity of'employing persons .to distribute articles of food or drink, either by reaching over andacross the table or by passing around it. It is made adjustable for the purpose of depressl ing the center piece to a level with the plane of the v surrounding sides of the table, so as` to bring the top of the table to one plane surface as an ordinary table for other uses.

The accom an yinfdrawin f re reseuts` such imvproved table and the means by which the'same is operated.

Figure 1 represents the table as ready for use with my improvements attached, showing the means by which the same is operated.

aj represents the Yadjustable poltiorrof the table raisedabove the surface of the permanent portions of the same'when used as a dumb-waiter. e is the pivot resting upon the lever e.

This figure represents a Vertical section of the table,

forthe'pnrposeof showing the arrangement by which the adjustable portion thereof, a, is elevated and depressed.

When the adjustable portion is` to be elevated forl use, the lever eis -lifted to f, and, by means of a pin, is held in posit-ion in the upper portion of the slot at j'.

When the adjustable portion is to be used as a part of the common table, the lever is depressed to the slot at x.

common plane-surface table. a, istheiadjustable center, and a is the outer portion of theleaf of theft-able;

What I claim as myinvention, andvdesire to secure by Letterslatent, isl

The arrangement and combination of the adjustable portion of the table a with the lateral portions thereof, a', and the pivot vc and-lever e, or its equivalent, Y

substantially as'and for the purpose described.4

. RUSSEL C. OASE.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL F. GARFIELD, J onL TIFFANY.

. Figure2 representszf-the table thus; arranged'fas a.' 

